Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Application for Quota Share Form and Instruction	Modified
Cooperative catch report Form and Instruction	Removed
Application for transfer of cooperative quota Form and Instruction	Modified
Application to transfer quota share Form and Instruction	Modified
Application for limited access fishery Form and Instruction	Modified
Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit Form and Instruction	Modified
0565 Amend 80 permits 07 2510 ss rev.pdf Supporting Statement A	2010-08-25

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
180255	Application for Quota Share Form and Instruction	Modified
180141	Appeals	Modified
180140	Annual Cooperative Report	Modified
180138	Cooperative catch report Form and Instruction	Removed
180136	Application for transfer of cooperative quota Form and Instruction	Modified
180135	Application to transfer quota share Form and Instruction	Modified
180134	Application for limited access fishery Form and Instruction	Modified
180133	Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0565	ICR Reference No: 201007-0648-010
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200808-0648-005
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/13/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/25/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2013	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2010
Responses	65	0	1,062
Time Burden (Hours)	155	0	891
Cost Burden (Dollars)	176	0	2,732

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Abstract: Amendment 80 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area primarily would allocate several Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area non-pollock trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing sectors, would establish a limited access privilege program, and would facilitate the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl catcher/processor sector (hereinafter the “Program”). The Program would provide participants with a management system that allows for improved efficiency by providing an environment in which revenues can be increased and operating costs can be reduced. Depending on the magnitude of these potential efficiency gains and the costs of bycatch reduction, increases in efficiency could be used to cover the costs of bycatch reduction measures or provide additional benefits to participants. In addition, the Program would apply retention standards on an aggregate basis to all activities of a cooperative, allowing participants within the cooperative to coordinate fishing and retention practices across the cooperative to meet the retention requirements.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-AU68	Final or interim final rulemaking	72 FR 52668	09/14/2007

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 10757	03/09/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 52306	08/25/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 7

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application for Quota Share	NA	Amendment 80 Application for Quota Share
Application for cooperative and cooperative quota permit	NA	Amendment 80 cooperative permit and cooperative quota application
Application to transfer quota share	NA	Application to transfer Amendment 80 Quota Share
Appeals
Application for transfer of cooperative quota	NA	Application for Amendment 80 Intercooperative Transfer of Cooperative Quota Share
Application for limited access fishery	NA	Application for Amendment 80 Limited Access Fishery Permit
Annual Cooperative Report
Cooperative catch report	NA	Cooperative Catch Report

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	65	1,062	0	-880	-117	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	155	891	0	-440	-296	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	176	2,732	0	-2,265	-291	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: NMFS makes adjustments in this collection to number of participants and therefore to burden hours and personnel costs. The burden time per response for the Amendment 80 cooperative report is increased, based on a comment by the current cooperative. In addition, a correction is made by removing a catch report which was incorrectly included in this collection. Application for Amendment 80 Quota Share A decrease of $20 miscellaneous cost, $114 instead of $134 Application for Amend 80 Cooperative Quota Permit a decrease of 43, respondents and responses, 1 instead of 44 a decrease of 86 burden hours, 2 hr instead of 88 hr a decrease of $2,150 personnel cost, $50 instead of $2,200 a decrease of $121 miscellaneous cost, $2 instead of $123 Application for an Amendment 80 Limited Access Fishery a decrease of 36 respondents and responses, 8 instead of 44 a decrease of 72 burden hours, 16 instead of 88 a decrease of 1,800 personnel cost, 400 instead of 220 a decrease of $100 miscellaneous cost, $23 instead of $123 Application to transfer Amendment 80 QS an increase of 10 respondents and responses, 25 instead of 15 an increase of 20 hours, 30 instead of 50 an increase of $500 personnel cost, $1,250 instead of $750 a decrease of $8 miscellaneous cost, $35 instead of $43 Application for inter-cooperative CQ transfer – burden and cost currently for only one cooperative; one potential cooperative is added. a decrease of 4 respondents and responses, 1 instead of 5 a decrease of 3 burden hours, 2 instead of 5 a decrease of 75 personnel cost, $50 instead of $125 a decrease of $2 miscellaneous cost, $0 instead of $2 Amend 80 Cooperative Catch Report [REMOVED] a decrease of 44 respondents, 0 instead of 44 a decrease of 880 responses, 0 instead of 880 a decrease of 440 burden hours, 0 hr instead of 440 hr a decrease of $11,000 personnel cost, $0 instead of $11,000 a decrease of $2,266 miscellaneous cost, $0 instead of $2,266 Amend 80 Cooperative Report a decrease of 43, respondents and responses, 1 instead of 44 a decrease of 151 burden hours, 25 hr instead of 176 hr a decrease of $3,775 personnel cost, $625 instead of $4,400 a decrease of $38 miscellaneous cost, $1 instead of $39 Appeals a decrease of 1 respondent and response, 1 instead of 2 a decrease of 4 hours, 4 instead of 8 Total net adjustments: A decrease of 6 respondents. A decrease of 997 responses. A decrease of 736 hours A decrease of 18,300 personnel costs A decrease of $2,556 miscellaneous costs. (The decreases due to removal of the cooperative catch report are adjustments, but appear in ROCIS as due to agency discretion, as there is no “adjustment”option to check when removing an information collection).

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,075

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 08/25/2010

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